High Stakes Testing Name Course Date Professor Abstract Even though students taking high stakes tests are suppose to be educational for the student’s future education. It is only going to impact the students negatively. There is always going to be different points of views when it comes to high-stakes testing. The students are being taught to the test and not encouraged to use their critical thinking skills. Standardized test should be alleviated and allow teachers to teach. Research
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1) High Stake Testing are test with important consequences for the test taker. Important benefits‚ high school diploma‚ scholarship‚ license to practice profession. Failing is a disadvantage being forced to take the remedial classes until it’s passed. Not being allowed to drive or being able for employment. The misuse or high stake test is a controversial topic in public education in the United States where they become popular in recent years‚ not only to students but it attempts to increase teacher
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High Stakes Testing is tests used to make major decisions about a student and their education. In order for a test to be considered “high-stakes”‚ it needs to be vital in making an educational decision and the ability to take precedence over other information. Most High Stake tests are standardized and include multiple choice and open-ended responses‚ testing students on material that is both familiar and unfamiliar to them. High Stake testing gives a number score based on the amount of answers
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The Benefits of High-Stakes Testing Testing has become a standard practice used in our education system. Not only have tests become a standard practice in our education system‚ they are being used in employment‚ economy‚ and military as well. “It is estimated that Americans take anywhere from 143 million to nearly 400 million standardized tests yearly for education alone‚ 50 million to nearly 200 million job tests for business and industry‚ and several million more for government and military jobs”
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Learning Activity 1 Assignment High-stakes tests or high-stakes appraisals have turned out to be a piece of the training vernacular since the entry of the No Child Left Behind Act (Cohen ‚ 2007). These evaluations have vital choices or outcomes riding on the outcome. In training‚ these choices regularly identify with government and neighborhood subsidizing‚ position and graduation choices or continuous residency for educators. It’s to some degree telling that low-stakes testing is the way we allude to appraisals
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Claim: High stakes test taking absolutely perpetuates the inequality in our public school system. These tests are created far withdrawn from the actual students they test‚ and rely heavily on mainstream curriculum. The test results‚ which normally favor wealthier schools‚ perpetuate the cycle of inequality‚ by rewarding these schools. Evidence: These tests were designed to even the playing field among students and hold people accountable by the same standards. However‚ you cannot hold students
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I think that‚ if there is strong evidence that high-stakes testing is producing disadvantageous outcomes‚ we should examine why and how we can reduce these negative effects. I am worried to know that high-stakes tests have been connected to reduced achievement‚ increased dropout rates‚ and reduced graduation rates‚ especially for minority populations. These populations are already suffering from such problems before we applied high-stakes tests and we do not want any more of them dropping out of
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hold schools accountable. A desire to increase performance standards and accountability have led to the widespread of standardized testing. The implementation of high stakes tests has impacted curriculum‚ pedagogy‚ and school culture. Studies have shown that high stakes tests may compromise student understanding (Amrein & Berliner‚ 2002; Berliner‚ 2011). High stakes test can dictate the practice of the teacher‚ because it is critical for their students to pass in order to have job security‚ promotion
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Education is one of the most significant things when it comes to making our children better leaders. In order to accomplish this goal there are many rules that are put into place. One of these rules is high-stakes testing. The controversy with high-stakes testing is that is it really helping the students or is it hurting the education system? In this paper I will discuss what high-stakes testing is‚ some pros and cons of high-stakes testing‚ and a way teachers can perhaps deal with high-stakes testing
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effects of high stakes testing. The first article doesn’t directly attack high stakes testing but simply analyzes data and forms a conclusion. This would mean that it can be furthered explained to draw a conclusion about high stakes testing. The second article begins to show a negative side to the consequences of high stakes testing; therefore‚ it is more certain in its purpose. High-Stakes Testing and Curricular Control: A Qualitive Metasynthesis focuses on deciding whether high stakes testing has been
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